Ein Rußland Reiseveranstalter stellt sich vor, mit Programm
Geschrieben von axel, the ostfriese am 24. März 2003 08:01:46:
Dear Sirs:
Russia is saying its warm hello to you!
The name of our travel company is AROUND.RU. It is situated in one of Russian Republics – Karelia – near Finland.
We specialize in organizing tours through Russia and the former countries of the USSR for the members of Motorcaravan Clubs.
Should you have some interest and wish to order a tour around Russia, please contact us, and we will help you make up a tour according to your needs.
In the attached file you can have a look at the tour for the summer of 2003. You are welcome to Russia in 2003!
More than that, should you have any plans to come to Russia in 2004, we can start to think over your tour for 2004 up to your tastes right now!
You can tell us the places you would like to visit, and we will do our best to introduce a perfect tour to you at a reasonable price!
With best wishes,
Ms. Natalia Aluferova
Director
Travel company Around.ru Ltd.
Tel/fax +7 814 2 72 48 44
P.O.B. 14
185002 Petrozavodsk
Karelia
Russia
Hier das Programm:
DAY 1
Arrival in St-Petersburg. Meeting with the guide/representative of the travel company AroundRu living in St-Petersburg. Parking at the Central Yacht-Club. Free time (Dinner)
DAY 2
(Breakfast)
9.00 The bus tour around the city with the guide (3 hours). Getting acquainted with the city, its main sights with the stops (5-10 minutes) at several places (the Island of Vasilyevsky, the cathedral of Smolny, the Isaac Square, the Cruiser Aurora etc.). The guide tells about the foundation and development of the Northern Capital and pays much attention to the contacts of Germany and Denmark with St-Petersburg
(Lunch)
(Dinner)
The city tour ends at the Hermitage, and the group has a wonderful chance:
EXTRA:
1) To visit the Hermitage/3 hours (paid extra);
2) To have lunch in downtown (paid extra);
3) To have an exclusive tour around St-Petersburg’s subway stations with the guide/1 hour (paid extra);
4) To have free time and walk around the city without the guide;
5) To have dinner in downtown (paid extra)
Commentaries: St-Petersburg’s subway is a very convenient, quick and reasonable means of transport. For people that come from small western towns it is very beautiful, interesting and unusual with each station devoted either to some event or person.
Winding up the day the guide leads the group to the subway, tells how to get to the Yacht Club or accompanies the group there, or explains how to get to downtown so that the group could spend its free time on its own if necessary.
Approximate prices:
1. The Hermitage – 25 $/per person;
2. The tour around St-Petersburg’s subway stations – 5$/per person;
DAY 3
(Breakfast)
9.00 The bus tour to Peterhof famous for its unique fountains (4-5 hours) with an excursion. There are no such fountains even in Versailles! The group visits the Nizhny Park and the Grand Palace or one of the small palaces (Monplaisir etc) with the guide.
After the excursion the group comes back to downtown or the Yacht Club by bus
(Lunch)
(Dinner)
EXTRA:
In the evening the group can have the boat or bus excursion “Northern Venice” with the guide showing and talking about some bridges and canals of St-Petersburg. There are about 300 bridges in St-P; many of them are unique (paid extra).
The approximate price – 12 $/per person
DAY 4
FREE DAY
The group can have (approximate prices below are given per person without the bus rent):
EXTRA:
1. St. Isaac’s Cathedral. Entrance fee – 8$, with the guide – 12$/per person; 1,5 hour
2. The Petropavlovskaya fortress with the visit of the Petropavlovsky cathedral. Entrance fee – 7$, with the guide – 11$/per person; 1,5 hour
3. The Church of the Bleeding Savior. Entrance fee – 8$, with the guide – 12$/per person; 1 hour
4. The Yusupovsky Palace. Entrance fee – 7$/per person
When the transfer necessary, the price is negotiated with the guide
DAY 5
(Breakfast)
Leaving St-Petersburg for the capital of Karelia - Petrozavodsk
15.00 Meeting with the guide/representative of the travel company AroundRu on the main road ”St-Petersburg-Petrozavodsk” at the place (it’ll be negotiated with the group later) where the caravan turns in the direction of the Karelian village Kinerma.
The hostess of the village will give a tour around the village and its chapel.
This small 17-house village is a unique complex monument of the folk wooden architecture
of the Karelian-Livviks. For the first time Kinerma was mentioned in 1563. The village experienced a long period of suffering and destruction. In spite of this you can still meet the representatives of old Karelian families, the founders of this village.
Karelian lunch (included in the price of the programme)
Visiting a Russian black bath-house (included in the price of the programme if anybody has a wish to visit)
Leaving Kinerma for Petrozavodsk
Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Parking at the hotel in Petrozavodsk
(Dinner)
DAY 6
(Breakfast)
10.00 The bus tour around the town of Petrozavodsk founded by Peter the Great.
The history and the architecture of the city (downtown, the harbour, shops) and the visit to the Puppet Museum
(Lunch)
EXTRA: Trip to the island of Kizhi along the lake of Onega by hydrofoil (1 hour and a half to Kizhi) or by helicopter (20 minutes to Kizhi). An excursion around the masterpiece of Russian wooden architecture - Kizhi Architectural Ensemble and the village of the 19th century (paid extra)
The approximate price – 65$/per person
(Dinner)
DAY 7
(Breakfast)
10.00 The bus trip to the north of Petrozavodsk with the guide and an excursion passing numerous lakes of the area towards the first Russian mineral-water health resort (Spa) "Martial Waters" with 4 springs of iron rich curative water. Peter the Great established this resort in the early 18th century as a Russian alternative to Baden-Baden. Nearby is the wooden museum of the history of the resort and the Church of Apostle Peter built according to the drawings of Tzar Peter in 1721. The group moves to the Kivach Waterfalls and Nature Reserve where it can enjoy nice views and learn a lot of facts about Karelian nature. On the way back the group visits the town of Kondopoga, and the Church of Assumption
(Lunch in Kondopoga)
(Dinner in Petrozavodsk)
DAY 8
FREE DAY
(Breakfast)
EXTRA:
The group can visit the town of Sortavala and the Island of Valaam with an excursion around the pearl of the Ladoga. People came to Valaam in ancient times. The island has a male monastery with a most interesting history. This is the biggest unusual island in the archipelago with the rich forest beautifying the solitude of cliffs (paid extra).
The approximate price – 55$/per person
(Lunch)
(Dinner)
DAY 9
(Breakfast)
10.00 Leaving Petrozavodsk for the town of Kem with the guide
(Lunch)
20.00 Arrival in the town of Kem
Parking near the Kem hotel
(Dinner)
DAY 10
(Breakfast)
10.00 The walking tour around the town of Kem with the guide
(Lunch)
(Dinner)
EXTRA:
The trip to the Solovetsky Island along the White Sea. Nobody will feel indifferent to the wonderful land not far from the Arctic Circle. Solovky with its tragic fortune will seize consciousness. Up to 1939 it was a jail for people exiled by the Soviet government and religious criminals. During the Second World War some part of the Northern Navy was located there. And now it is an active male monastery (paid extra).
The approximate price – 65$/per person
DAY 11
(Breakfast)
10.00 Leaving Kem for the town of Kandalaksha with the guide
(Lunch)
20.00 Arrival in Kandalaksha
Parking at the hotel in the downtown of Kandalaksha
(Dinner)
The walking tour around the town of Kandalaksha with the guide
DAY 12
(Breakfast)
10.00 Leaving Kandalaksha for Murmansk with the guide
(Lunch)
20.00 Arrival in Murmansk.
Parking at the hotel at the place ”Dolina Uyut”. Free time
(Dinner)
DAY 13
(Breakfast)
10.00 The bus excursion around the town of Murmansk – the heart of the Kola North and the largest city with the always ice-free Kola Bay (2 hours)
(Lunch)
EXTRA:
The bus trip to the place with the view of the Navy in Severomorsk and the story of the town’s history and the fleet, the visit to the cemetery of interventionists where a lot of people find their compatriots (extra paid). The approximate price – 25$/per person
(Dinner)
DAY 14
(Breakfast)
10.00 The visit to the Northern Fleet museum with an excursion (transfer by bus) (1,5 hour)
(Lunch)
The trip to the old Russian town –Kola with the Petrozavodsk guide;
(Dinner)
DAY 15
Leaving Murmansk for Norway
THE PRICE FOR THE PROGRAMME WHEN THERE ARE 10 PEOPLE IN THE GROUP – 550 euro/per person/adults
- 350 euro/per person/children under 14 years old
THE PRICE INCLUDES:
1. The parking lot in the Yacht Club in St-Petersburg;
2. The work of the professional guide in St-Petersburg speaking Danish/German/English;
3. The bus tour around the city of St-Petersburg with the German/Danish/English guide;
4. The bus tour to Peterhof famous for its unique fountains (4-5 hours) with an excursion;
5. The trip to the Karelian village Kinerma with the excursion around the village and Karelian lunch;
6. The safe parking lot in Petrozavodsk;
7. The work of the professional German/English guide in Petrozavodsk;
8. The bus tour around the town of Petrozavodsk founded by Peter the Great. and the visit to the Puppet Museum;
9. The bus trip to the first Russian mineral-water health resort (Spa) "Martial Waters" and the waterfall Kivach with the guide and an excursion;
10. The parking lot in Kem guarded by the police;
11. The walking tour around the town of Kem with the guide;
12. The parking lot in Kandalaksha guarded by the police;;
13. The walking tour around the town of Kandalaksha with the guide;
14. The safe parking lot in Murmansk;
15. The bus excursion around the town of Murmansk – the heart of the Kola North and the largest city with the always ice-free Kola Bay;
16. The visit to the Northern Fleet museum with an excursion (bus transfer);
17. The trip to the old Russian town – Kola with the Petrozavodsk guide;
18. The Russian visa support;
19. The Russian registration;
20. The service of the guide supervising the group from Petrozavodsk to Murmansk;
21. The security of cars in Kem, Kandalaksha – the service of the police;
22. The organization and control of the programme by the travel company AroundRu
EXTRA PAID if necessary:
1) Meals (breakfasts, lunches, dinners);
2) The Hermitage;
3) An exclusive tour around St-Petersburg’s subway stations;
4) The boat or bus excursion “Northern Venice”;
5) St. Isaac’s Cathedral;
6) The Petropavlovskaya fortress with the visit of the Petropavlovsky cathedral;
7) The Church of the Bleeding Savior;
8) The Yusupovsky Palace;
9) The trip to the island of Kizhi along the lake of Onega with an excursion around the masterpiece of Russian wooden architecture - Kizhi Architectural Ensemble and the village of the 19th century;
10) The visit to the town of Sortavala and the Island of Valaam with an excursion around the pearl of the Ladoga;
11) The trip to the Solovetsky Island along the White Sea;
12) The bus trip to the place with the view of the Navy in Severomorsk and the story of the town’s history and the fleet, the visit to the cemetery of interventionists where a lot of people find their compatriots
ATTENTION: AROUND.RU ltd. keeps the right to change the prices in case some rough changes in the economics of Russia and Karelia